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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
79% 
Page quality
48% 
Page structure
83% 
Link structure
83% 
Server
91% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.12 s
File size
55.00 kB
Words
209
Media files
3
Number of links
31 internal / 28 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Welcome - DPHYS – Department of Physics | ETH Zurich
The length of the page title is perfect. (515 pixels out of 580 max pixel length)
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en
Server location: Switzerland
The following language is defined by HTML: en
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
The specified alternate links have no errors.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
This page is hosted on a subdomain. Use a top level domain for better SEO results.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
format-detectiontelephone=no
SystemueberwachungETHZ
ethz_lmd2025-06-05T15:04:21.561Z
pagetypeweb
msapplication-TileColor#215CAF
theme-color#215CAF
apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style#215CAF-translucent
apple-mobile-web-app-capableyes
msapplication-TileImagehttps://ethz.ch/etc/designs/ethz/img/icons/ETH-APP-Icons-Theme-white/144-xxhdpi.png
content-languageen
apple-mobile-web-app-titleWelcome - DPHYS – Department of Physics | ETH Zurich
langen
twitter:cardsummary_large_image
twitter:site@ETH_physics
twitter:creator@ETH_physics
twitter:titleWelcome - DPHYS
twitter:imagehttps://www.phys.ethz.ch/_jcr_content/pageimages/image.imageformat.lightbox.1364906898.jpg
twitter:image:altEmpty
og:urlhttps://www.phys.ethz.ch/
og:titleWelcome - DPHYS
og:site_nameDepartment of Physics
og:imagehttps://www.phys.ethz.ch/_jcr_content/pageimages/image.imageformat.lightbox.1364906898.jpg
og:image:altEmpty
charsetutf-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 209 words on this page. Use at least 250 words to provide useful information.
Some words from the page title are not used within the pages content
No paragraphs were detected.
12% of the text are stop words.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
No Apple touch icon is specified.
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 6 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
Alt text (alternative text) is correctly used on all found images.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ns/ethz/img/icons/svg/linkedin-white.svgD-PHYS LinkedIn
...gns/ethz/img/icons/svg/youtube-white.svgWelcome - DPHYS on YouTube
...designs/ethz/img/icons/svg/rss-white.svgSubscribe to the Welcome - DPHYS's newsfeed

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
The H1 heading is empty
Headings
(Important)
Some headings occur twice on the page.
Some headings do not have any content.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Empty heading
H2 Department of Physics
H2 Directly go to the content
H2 Footer
H3 Main Navigation
H3 Services
H3 Search
H3 Departments
H3 Language Selection
H3 Recommended links
H3 Search Duplicate text
H3 Follow us
H3 Services Duplicate text
H3 Contact
H3 Departments Duplicate text
H3 Table of contents and legal
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
None of the anchor texts is too long.
There are too many external links (28) on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Homepage
A-TITLE Directly go to the homepage
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Anchor Navigation
A-TITLE Directly go to the navigation
/utils/search.htmlSubdomain Search
A-TITLE Directly go to the search
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Anchor Content
A-TITLE Directly go to the content
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Anchor Footer
A-TITLE Directly go to the footer
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Anchor Contact
A-TITLE Directly go to the contact
/footer/sitemap.htmlSitemap
A-TITLE Sitemap
https://ethz.ch/en.htmlExternal A-TITLE ETH Zurich homepage
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Department of Physics
A-TITLE Home
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/Text duplicate Homepage
/news-and-events.htmlNews & Events
/the-department.htmlThe Department
/research.htmlResearch
/studies.htmlStudies
/doctoral-studies.htmlDoctoral Studies
/continuing-education.htmlContinuing Education
/vocational-training.htmlVocational Training
/services.htmlServices
https://ethz.ch/students/en.htmlExternal Student portal
https://www.alumni.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain Alumni association
https://ethz.ch/staffnet/en.htmlExternal Staffnet
/login/en.html?resource=/conte...Login
A-TITLE Login with ETH user account
/utils/search.htmlNo Text
https://ethz.ch/en.htmlExternal ETH Zurich
A-TITLE ETH Zurich homepage
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/D-PHYS
A-TITLE Department of Physics
https://phonebook.phys.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-PHYS Phonebook
http://vademecum.phys.ethz.ch/...External Subdomain D-PHYS Vademecum
https://www.linkedin.com/compa...External Subdomain IMG-ALT D-PHYS LinkedIn
A-TITLE D-PHYS LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/user/D...External Subdomain IMG-ALT Welcome - DPHYS on YouTube
A-TITLE Welcome - DPHYS on YouTube
/news-and-events/news/feeds.htmlSubdomain IMG-ALT Subscribe to the Welcome - DPHYS's newsfeed
A-TITLE Subscribe to the Welcome - DPHYS's newsfeed
https://ethz.ch/students/en.htmlExternal Text duplicate Student portal
https://www.alumni.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain Text duplicate Alumni association
https://ethz.ch/staffnet/en.htmlExternal Text duplicate Staffnet
/login/en.html?resource=/conte...Text duplicate Login
A-TITLE Login with ETH user account
/studies/study-administration....Study Administration
/de/studium.htmlBSc & MSc programmes
A-TITLE Studies
/de/doktorat.htmlDoctoral programme
A-TITLE Doctoral studies
https://arch.ethz.ch/enExternal Subdomain D-ARCH Architecture
https://baug.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain D-BAUG Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
https://biol.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain D-BIOL Biology
https://bsse.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-BSSE Biosystems Science and Engineering
https://chab.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain D-CHAB Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
https://eaps.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain D-EAPS Earth and Planetary Sciences
https://gess.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain D-GESS Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
https://hest.ethz.ch/enExternal Subdomain D-HEST Health Sciences and Technology
https://inf.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-INFK Computer Science
https://ee.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-ITET Information Technology and Electrical Engineering
https://math.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-MATH Mathematics
https://mat.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-MATL Department of Materials
https://mavt.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-MAVT Mechanical and Process Engineering
https://mtec.ethz.ch/External Subdomain D-MTEC Management, Technology and Economics
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/D-PHYS Physics
https://usys.ethz.ch/en/External Subdomain D-USYS Environmental Systems Science
/footer/sitemap.htmlText duplicate Sitemap
A-TITLE Sitemap
/footer/imprint.htmlImprint
A-TITLE Imprint
/footer/accessibility-statemen...Accessibility Statement
A-TITLE Accessibility Statement
/footer/disclaimer-copyright.htmlDisclaimer & Copyright
A-TITLE Disclaimer & Copyright
/footer/data-protection.htmlPrivacy Policy
A-TITLE Privacy Policy
http://www.ethz.ch/External Subdomain Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.phys.ethz.ch/"
HTTP header
(Important)
The X-powered header is sent within the response header. (unnecessary)
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.12 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (55 kB).

HTTP Response Header

NameValue
dateFri, 13 Jun 2025 10:02:56 GMT
x-content-type-optionsnosniff
content-typetext/html;charset=utf-8
cache-controlmax-age=3600
content-encodinggzip
varycookie, Accept-Encoding
vha6-originwcp-pub-csh11.ethz.ch
content-length14150
age1076
x-ratelimit-remaining0
x-powered-byETH Informatikdiensten
x-delievered-fromHoengg
strict-transport-securitymax-age=63072000
content-security-policyframe-ancestors 'self'
x-frame-optionssameorigin
accept-rangesbytes
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

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This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 67 referring domains.
This page has 258,799 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 61 different ip addresses.

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